Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

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3 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Incredible world record by Hassan! Rarely see her so happy after a race

Lots of selfies & autographs for the kids, good for her.  

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Cristophe Lemaitre struggling for an OQT, still about 0.40 off.

 

Dafne Schippers running in her pyjamas, seemingly.

 

Duplantis 5.92 WL, going for 6.0.  Gets it!

[Makedonas 2,239]

Tentoglou 8.48 at Greek Championships today and he was angry about it, he wanted to do so much better but he had four fouls. His other jump was 8.41. On both of his jumps he had plenty of space but jumped too far before the line.

 

He's starting to look like a real contender for Tokyo.

[Makedonas 2,239]

Other notable result was 17 year old Polyniki Emmanouilidou smashing the U20NR in 200m. Her time was 23.83, the previous NR was 24.00 from 2007 and her previous PB was 24.12. I expect her to improve this national record this year and also in 2022.

 

And Elina Tzengko finally started throwing over 60m again in the javelin throw. Looks like she might make it to Tokyo after all if she can stay consistent like she was in 2020. Would be great to make her Olympic debut as an 18 year old. Also her U20WR from last year (63.96) is not officially recognized because there was no doping control at that meet, so hopefully she can even achieve the 64.00 Olympic standard in the coming weeks and also have an official U20 world record.

 

Also our 18 year old heptathlete Anastasia Dragomirova won the women's shot put with a new PB (15.69). Really good for a heptathlete. She said she's only competing in throwing events this year due to injury, but her PBs in field events are really impressive. She has 1.78 in high jump, 6.44 in long jump, and 45.76 in javelin throw.

 

Lastly some really impressive results from our youngsters in the men's hammer throw. We have so much depth in that event nowadays. Safe to say we will qualify three male hammer throwers for the 2024, 2028, 2032 and 2036 Olympics. It's almost guaranteed at this point. 

[JonPhi 250]

6 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Cristophe Lemaitre struggling for an OQT, still about 0.40 off.

 

Dafne Schippers running in her pyjamas, seemingly.

 

Duplantis 5.92 WL, going for 6.0.  Gets it!

Lemaitre seems safe over the world rankings and he still has the nationals to come with a lot of ranking points.

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Two good meets tonight on YT

 

Paavo Nurmi Games from Turku, 

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/2021-how-to-follow

 

Ethiopian Middle & Long Distance National Olympic Trials from Addis Hengelo

 

 

[SalamAkhi 331]

On 06/06/2021 at 22:37, JonPhi said:

Lemaitre seems safe over the world rankings and he still has the nationals to come with a lot of ranking points.

If he doesn't get close to 20.40 (at least), I doubt the French federation or even himself will consider an individual participation. 

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Ethiopian Middle & Long Distance National Olympic Trials from Addis Hengelo

In what other events they have athletes?

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2 hours ago, Faris said:

In what other events they have athletes?

True enough, the Kenyans are always trying to find sprinters, throwers etc, but the Ethiopians stick with the usual.

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